MINNEAPOLIS -- Two-time defending national champion Wash U got all 25 No. 1 votes in the D3hoops.com preseason men's basketball Top 25, while UW-Platteville is ranked 17th in the initial poll..

For Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams cracked the top 25: UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater, UW-Platteville, and UW-Oshkosh.

At No. 2, but nearly 100 points behind Wash U, is John Carroll, which returns its top 11 scorers from last season's Sweet 16 team that finished 25-5. The Blue Streaks are just nine points ahead of Guilford, which won at John Carroll last March and loses two starters.

The full D3hoops.com Top 25:

Rk  Team                     W-L  Pts.  Last
1   Washington U. (25)      29-2   625   1
2   John Carroll            25-5   526   10
3   Guilford                26-6   517   8
4   St. Thomas              30-1   500   3
5   Richard Stockton        30-3   498   6
6   Franklin and Marshall   26-7   489   11
7   DeSales                 25-6   399   15
8   Mass-Dartmouth          27-4   397   19
9   Wooster                 23-7   393   —
10  UW-Stevens Point        24-5   389   5
11  Bridgewater State       22-7   352   —
12  Texas-Dallas            26-5   295   12
13  UW-Whitewater           23-6   289   7
14  Cal Lutheran            18-8   184   —
15  Wheaton (Ill.)          26-4   171   2
16  Whitworth               23-6   169   24
17  UW-Platteville          23-5   166   6
18  Puget Sound             25-4   162   9
19  Randolph-Macon          20-6   149   —
20  St. Mary's (Md.)        21-5   147   —
21  Centre                  23-5   130   —
22  Brandeis                18-9   123   —
23  Hope                    21-8   109   —
24  UW-Oshkosh              16-11  106   —
25  Amherst                 21-7    95   —

Others receiving votes: Illinois Wesleyan 72, Middlebury 69, Transylvania 59, Chapman 49, Calvin 47, Oglethorpe 46, St. Lawrence 43, Elms 38, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 37, Catholic 35, Christopher Newport 28, Carnegie Mellon 22, Ithaca 19, Augustana 18, Bethel 15, Capital 13, Rhode Island College 13, Williams 13, Elmhurst 12, St. John Fisher 12, Virginia Wesleyan 12, Widener 12, Salem State 11, Worcester Polytech 10, Lawrence 8, Farmingdale State 6, Buena Vista 5, Trinity (Texas) 5, Gwynedd-Mercy 4, Carthage 3, MIT 3, Carroll 2, Ohio Northern 2, Ohio Wesleyan 2.

The D3hoops.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly.